I think as Steve points out, enough with the doom and gloom of soccer ever supplanting the big three in US team sports. That really should not be our main focus. Lets get constructive.
So get your suggestions in.
Our main aim should be to raise the standard of play, in the MLS, to make it more competitive and in line with the tougher European leagues. And to translate the success of our youth squads to the national level.
And as for the timing of this post- you might want to say, “Hey there is a World Cup going on, lets concentrate on that”, well sometimes you get great ideas when you are watching teams play, or brushing your teeth, in the most unguarded moments.
At the end of it all, we come up with a series of initiatives that Sunil Gulati and the bigwigs at US Soccer can be presented with, to take action. If the blogosphere can effect change in US politics, I don’t see why the same cannot happen to the way we play soccer in the US. The US maybe down but it is definitely not out.
And the World Cup will end in less than a month but soccer will not. The best time to make Gulati and US Soccer sit up and take notice and implement these initiatives is after the World Cup, in time for South Africa 2010.
To start the ball rolling take a look at Christian’s model of how to develop and improve soccer in the USA. It is absolutely feasible. We will keep linking back to this post regularly, so you can get your comments, ideas, and thoughts in.